Three technical notes to help practitioners and project sponsors choose the right climate hazard indices, validate climate data, and manage uncertainty in climate risk assessments, with minimum standards and recommendations for every stage of the project cycle, particularly in data-scarce environments.

Mobilizing adaptation finance requires institutions with the skills to identify climate risks, design effective responses and connect them with suitable sources of funding. This brief examines GCA’s work in Bangladesh to strengthen those capabilities among civil servants and banking professionals. Working with national training institutions, the Ministry of Finance’s Economic Relations Division and Bangladesh Bank, GCA developed and piloted masterclasses on gender-responsive climate finance, with the aim of incorporating this training into established curricula.

Climate risk analysis can help shape infrastructure investments, but its lasting value depends on how institutions use it in their decisions. This brief draws on GCA’s support to the preparation of Bangladesh’s Green Railway Transport Project, examining climate risks along the Dhaka–Chattogram railway corridor. The work combined assessments of flooding, storm surge and extreme temperatures with analysis of adaptation options, including nature-based solutions, alongside training and guidance for infrastructure agencies.

Climate information can support farmers’ adaptation decisions when it addresses the choices they face and is backed by practical support. This brief examines a pilot initiative in Bangladesh’s water-stressed Barind region, delivered by GCA with BRAC, the International Water Management Institute and local partner Dascoh. The initiative combined climate and groundwater modelling with farmer training, exposure visits and demonstration activities to support water-efficient farming, alternative crops and livelihood diversification.

Bringing community priorities into municipal planning is an important step towards scaling locally led adaptation. This brief examines GCA’s work with Practical Action and Narayanganj City Corporation in Bangladesh to inform an Asian Development Bank-supported urban development project. Through People’s Adaptation Plans in 16 informal settlements and Women’s Adaptation Labs in five settlements, the initiative helped residents identify their needs and engage directly with city authorities. The approach combined local knowledge with climate risk assessments to inform future investments in infrastructure and basic services.

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in partnership with the International Coalition on Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) and in consultation with local experts and institutions, is pleased to release Gender-Responsive and Socially Inclusive Climate-resilient Infrastructure: A Practitioner’s User Guide on Incorporating Gender (available in English and Bangla), alongside a companion Case Study Booklet and appendices with detailed applications for the transport and energy sectors.

This report presents healthcare as a complex system of systems—a network of interdependent components including water, energy, waste, digital and transport services, all susceptible to climate-related hazards. This interconnectedness makes health infrastructure especially vulnerable to climate change, as disruptions in one area can trigger cascading effects across the entire system. By mapping these interdependencies, this report identifies targeted adaptation strategies to prevent such chain reactions and ensure the continuous delivery of healthcare services.

This guideline is prepared by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the World Bank and the Kenya State Department of Housing and Urban Development to support the implementation of the Second Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP-II).

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a critical role to play in delivering climate-resilient infrastructure, particularly for long-term regional transport investments exposed to growing climate risks. This report, Technical Guidelines for Climate-Informed Public-Private Partnerships along the Abidjan - Lagos Corridor, developed by the Global Center on Adaptation through the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP), provides a detailed analysis of climate risks and practical adaptation options to support governments and financial partners in developing climate-informed PPPs throughout the design and implementation phases. The report explores how resilience measures, including their costs and benefits, can be integrated into PPP frameworks and technical specifications over the project lifecycle.